Synoptic series of objects in the United States national museum, illustrating the history of inventions / by Walter Hough.

  • Hough, Walter, 1859-1935.
Date:
1922
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Credit: Synoptic series of objects in the United States national museum, illustrating the history of inventions / by Walter Hough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    VOL. 00. eral holes? in the tubing, which can he opened or closed by the finger or by valves, which has the same effect of raising <he pitch as by- shortening the vibratory length of the cords in a stringed instru¬ ment. The old zink, serpent, and key bugle are of this class. No. 1. Fiji conch shell with mouth hole in Ihe si<l. of the spiral_ 3,825 No. •_*. Burmese horn made from tlie horn of a buffalo___ 95.509 No. 3. Finnish wooden horn {toitiotortn), bottle-shaped. Made of two sections of wood, with long neck, bound together with birch bark_95,034 No. 4. Bamboo horn from Philippine Islands, open at one end, closed at the other. Mouthpiece a cylinder ut bamboo set on the side; bent bamboo sections to imitate crooks and valves of European cornet_ 95,054 No. 5. United States Army regulation cavalry trumpet. Tube bent on itself in two coils; mouth trumpet-shaped_ 55,GOG No. G. French horn. Brass tube bent three times on itself; mouth trumpet- shaped. Tones are produced by the player's hand moved in the bell_ _ 95,269 No. T. Finnish trumpet (noillo sui ri) of ram's horn, with four linger holes on the side of the instrument. Bore the natural cavity__ 95,689 No. 3. K.o.\ bugle with lateral holes closed by seven linger keys. Bore conical; size of linger holes corresponding to size of bore__ 95,652 No. 9. Ophicleide. Conical tube bent on itself; lateral holes closed by linger keys; size of linger holes corresponding to diameter of bore_ 95,272 No. 10. Trombone, old English sackbut. Cylindrical tube of brass, with sliding joint Jong enough to give seven tones; mouth trumpet shape. The chromatic scale is thus produced. No. 31. Cornet with cylindrical tube and trumpet-shaped bell. Piston valves three, which add different iixed lengths of tubing to the wind- wa\ .. __ __ _ . ___.. 55,602 SERIES I.—REED INSTRUMENTS OF MUSIC. Plate 43. Reecl instruments arc of two classes, namely, the double and the single, and it is doubtful which is the more primitive. Should one take a straw and bite off one end square, the ad of biting the straw would flatten the tube, and thus form it simple double reed, whereas to form a single reed of such material one should take a section of straw, open it at the lower end, with the upper end closed by the joint, then with a sharp instrument cut a short distance into the tube and split the section an inch or two, and he would form the vibrating tongue of a single recti. Kither method, with linger holes cut or burnt in the tube, would form the rustic oaten pipe. Single reeds are of two kinds—the beating and the free. The beating reed is formed of wood, metal, etc., the width and length of its vibrating tongue being sufficient to allow it to strike against the walls of the tube or mouthpiece, as seen in the clarinet or instruments of its class. The free reed is usually made of metal. In this form the vibrating tongue is slightly narrower and shorter than the opening in the metallic overplate, to which it is firmly fastened, so that it vibrates